Diamond Challenge
ListedCompetition
- Award
- Each track: first place $12,000, second $8,000, third $4,500 per team, plus topical prizes.
- Timeline
- Jan 14, 2027Submission by at EST. Advancing teams notified February 10, 2027
- Mar 9, 2027Finalists announced . Mandatory in-person final round at the Limitless World Summit, April 29 to April 30, 2027.
- How to apply
- Choose business or social innovation and either live or virtual pitching when applying. Submit a three-to-five-page English PDF narrative, double spaced, 12-point font with one-inch margins, and a public 60-second introduction video. Advancing teams deliver a five-minute live or recorded pitch with a deck; live pitches have three-minute questions. Finalists submit a public Google Slides deck and pitch in person.
- What you'll need
- A video
- A finalist round or selection weekend
- Who can apply
- Worldwide teams of two to four high-school students ages 14-18 at the submission deadline, with one registered advisor age 21 or older. Each student joins only one team and enters one concept. Ventures must not have generated more than $100,000 revenue before the deadline; previous Summit-finalist concepts cannot be resubmitted.
- Good to know
- At least one team member must attend the Summit. Teams unable to attend because of denied or delayed visas may request a one-year deferral. Awards are paid to a registered venture or split equally among registered members; absent agreement, they are split equally. Previously participating nonteam concept creators must be disclosed. $100,000 is the combined prize pool, not the amount awarded to one team.
- Details
- Team entryEntrepreneurshipInternational students eligible